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ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED SEPT-23 1915.

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CLYDE S. TIBBETTS AND WALTER TIBBETTS, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN SUPPORT.

Application filed September 23, 1915.

T all whom it mag concern Be it known that we, CLYDE S. Trnnn'rrs and Burma TIBBETTS, citizens of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Adjustable VVindo. 1 Shade and Curtain Supports, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings larly to the construction of the adjustable elements of the supporters.

An object of the invention is to provide a supporter of the above mentioned character that shall be so constructed as to be capable of being readily adjusted without the use of tools or implements, and permit the withdrawal or removal of the curtain-pole brackets when it is not desired to hang the curtain at the window.

A further object of the invention is to provide an adjustable window shade and curtain supporter that may be cheaply manufactured of few and simple parts and which will be durable and economical in use.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, and in the parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further defined in the accompanying claim.

Referring to the drawings,Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective View of a window to which the improved supporters are applied and supporting a window shade roller and a curtain-pole; Fig. 2 is an end elevation of one of the pair of supportersyFig. 8 is a top plan of one of these supporters with a curtain pole bracket withdrawn from open ative position; Fig. 4% is a transverse section on the line A A on Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the improved latch for holding the relatively adjustable brackets; Fig. 6 is an elevation of the inner end of the other of the pair of brackets; Fig. 7 is a perspec Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented inept. 11, 1917..

Serial No. 52,280.

tive view of the base member of the supporter, and Fig. 8 is a section on the line B B, Fig. 3. I

Similar reference characters on the differ ent figures of the drawings indicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to.

In the drawings the numeral 1 indicates the upper portion of a window casing. The supporter comprises two base members, and 3, that are substantiallyalike but vary slightly in detail so that one is adapted for the left and the other for the right hand side of the casing. Each base member has a horizontal guide bar 4: on its normal lower edge and a similar guide bar 5 on its upper edge, the guide bars having guide lips (i and other. Each base member has holes 8 and 8 in opposite end portions thereof IBHPOU- tively to receive securing or nails. The upper guide bar 5 of one of the members has a guide aperture 9 therein near the normal outer end of the bar, the upper guide bar of the companion) base member having a similar aperture 9 therein near the normal outer end of the bar. Two latches 10 and 11 are provided which are composed of spring steel or other elastic metal, the body portion of each being of flat plate form, one end portion of which is secured to the top of the guide bar 5 at a suitable distance from the guide aperture, the opposite end portion of one of the devices having a tooth 12 thereon that extends downward through the guide aperture 9, and having also a finger 13 on one side of the tooth that era tends upwardly at an oblique angle so as to be engaged for retracting the tooth. The other latch device has a tooth 12 that extends through the aperture 9 and a linger 13 for retracting the tooth.

The bracket base bars 15 and 15 are provided, one being adj u'stably mounted on the base member 2, the other on the base member 3, between the guide bar e and 5 and guided behind the guide lips 6 and 7. The upper portion or top of each bracket base bar has a suitable number of notches 16 therein to receive the tooth of the latch device that extends through the upper guide bar 5. The outer end of the bracket base bars have roller-supporting brackets 17 and 18 thereon respectively, one bracket having a slot 19 therein to receive one of the spin dles of a shade roller, the other having an respectively that extend each toward the aperture 20 to receive the ren'mining spindle of the roller.

In order to support the curtain-pole brackets the outer side of each bracket 17 and 18 is provided with a socket 21 which has a base plate 22 that is secured to the bracket, the socket and its base plate being set down so that the top thereof is slightly below the plane of the top of the bracket. Two curtain-pole brackets are provided which are cheaply formed of wire and comprise main members 23 and 24 respectively, each main member having a downward extending supporting shaft 25 that is rotatable and adjustable vertically in the socket 21, the main members being so shaped that each extends from the top of the socket over against the outer face of the shade roller bracket when in normal position, or to extend rearward behind the finger of the latch device when not in use. The main members 23 and 21 have upward extending arms 26 and 27 thereon from the tops of which extend saddle members 28 and 29 that have forward extending seat bars 30 and 31, respectively. The seat members carry elevated stop shoulders 32 and 33 on which are upward extending saddle members 34: and 35 respectively that are straight so as to serve as supporting studs. The seat members 30 and 31 are designed to support a curtain pole 37, and a hollow metallic curtain rod 38 having transverse apertures placed on the studs or members 34.- and 35 and to rest on the shoulders 32 and In practice the base members 2 and 3 are horizontally secured to the window casing, andthe bars 14 and 15 are adjusted so as to bring the brackets 17 and 18 the required distance apart to accommodate the shade roller and may be readjusted to accommodate longer or shorter rollers. When ad- Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 6.

justing the roller brackets the finger 13 or 13 is pushed upward with slight effort so as to withdraw the tooth 12 from a notch 16, the tooth being permittedto enter another notch when the bar is adjusted. Normally the main members 23 and 2 1 of the curtain brackets rest upon the tops of the sockets 21 andthe base plates thereof, being prevented from swinging outward by the weight of the articles supported by the brackets. When the curtains are not used the curtain-pole brackets may be entirely removed from the roller-brackets or preferably are slightly ele vated and swung backward to the window casing and permitted to rest upon the latch plates 10 and 11 respectively where they are retained by the fingers 13 and 13 respectively, as illustrated in Figs. 2, 3 and 8.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is,

. In a window shade and curtain supporter, the combination with a roller-bracket, and a socket fixed on the roller-bracket, of a curtain-pole bracket comprising a shaft arranged in said socket, a main member fixed on said shaft, an arm fixed on said main member and extending upwardly, a saddle member fixed to the top of said arm and extending downwardly therefrom, a seat bar fixed to said seat member and extending forwardly therefrom, said seat bar extending upwardly and having an upwardly-facing shoulder, and a stud fixed to-and extending upwardly from said shoulder.

In testimony whereof, we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CLYDE, S. TIBBETTS. WALTER TIBBETS.

Witnesses E. T. Srrvrus, M. E. SPARROW.

Gommissiener of Patents, 

